RE: IBM 3480 server and storage

2015-10-08 Thread Rich Alderson
From: Cindy Croxton Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2015 7:00 PM > My Chicago buddy has an entire IBM 3480 system, server and storage. The > storage rack has 64 hard drives. He has the tapes that go with it. > Email me if you are interested. I can get PN and pics. Will palletize and > ship or you

Re: IBM 3480 server and storage

2015-10-08 Thread Sean Caron
Sounds like they may have confused the A22 Control Unit with a CPU? Although that doesn't explain any HDDs ... all the A22 pictures I've found show it having just a 5.25" floppy drive. In line with the confusion theme, perhaps the "HDDs" are really tape cartridges? If the price is right, maybe it

RE: IBM 3480 server and storage

2015-10-07 Thread Cindy Croxton
to wipe or remove the hdd. I can get the PN and pics of everything tomorrow. -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jay Jaeger Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2015 10:57 PM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Re: IBM 3480 server and storage

Re: IBM 3480 server and storage

2015-10-07 Thread Jay Jaeger
Something does not quite add up. A 3480 is a tape subsystem, not a CPU ("server") - it would not have have disk drives. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_3480_Family JRJ On 10/7/2015 8:59 PM, Cindy Croxton wrote: > My Chicago buddy has an entire IBM 3480 system, server and storage. The > s

IBM 3480 server and storage

2015-10-07 Thread Cindy Croxton
My Chicago buddy has an entire IBM 3480 system, server and storage. The storage rack has 64 hard drives. He has the tapes that go with it. Email me if you are interested. I can get PN and pics. Will palletize and ship or you can pick up. No, it is not a freebie J Cindy Croxton --- This e